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Raipur: A scoring match was played between India and South Africa in Raipur. In this match, Team India, batting first, had set a target of 359 runs for South Africa. In reply, the African team achieved the target in 49.2 overs and registered a thrilling victory by 4 wickets. This three-match series has now reached a level of 1-1. South Africa has created history by achieving the target of 359 runs. This is South Africa’s highest run chase against India in ODI cricket and their third most successful run chase in ODI history. The century innings of Virat and Gaikwad could not lead India to victory in this match.

Virat and Gaikwad scored centuries for India
South Africa won the toss in this match and decided to bowl first. Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal were out cheaply for India, but Kohli and Rituraj brought India back into the match by making a partnership of 195 runs for the third wicket. During this, Rituraj scored the first century of his ODI career and was out after scoring 105 runs. After this, Kohli also scored the 53rd century of his ODI career. Virat played an innings of 102 runs in this match. After this, KL Rahul and Jadeja batted strongly in the last overs and took India’s score beyond 350. Rahul remained unbeaten after scoring 66 runs. For South Africa, Marco Jensen took two wickets, while Nandra Berger and Lungi Ngidi got one wicket each.

Aiden Markram scored a century for South Africa
The start of the African team chasing the target was also not good. The team got its first blow on the score of 26, when Quinton de Kock was out after scoring 8 runs in 11 balls. After this there was a partnership of 101 runs between Temba Bavuma and Aiden Markram. Bavuma missed scoring a half-century in this match and was out after scoring 46 runs in 48 balls. Opener Aiden Markram scored a century in this match for South Africa. He was out after scoring 110 runs in 98 balls. After this, Matthew Britzke and Dewald Brewis batted brilliantly and made the run chase easy for the African team. Brewis was out after scoring 54 and Britzke after scoring 68 runs. Corbin Bosch finally did the remaining work for South Africa. Bosch returned unbeaten after scoring 26 runs in 15 balls.